Investing.com – Peru equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Non-Metal Minerals and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lima, the S&P Lima General added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P Lima General were Cerro Verde (LM:CVE), which rose 4.55% or 1.000 points to trade at 23.000 at the close. Trevali Mining (LM:TV) added 3.16% or 0.030 points to end at 0.980 and Buenaventura (LM:BVN) was up 3.15% or 0.420 points to 13.750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atacocha (LM:ATB), which lost 5.00% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.380 in late trade. Minsur (LM:MINi) declined 2.78% or 0.040 points to end at 1.400 and Edegel (LM:EDE) shed 2.36% or 0.060 points to 2.480.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 9 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lima Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.19% or 0.10 to $52.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.36% or 0.20 to hit $55.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.37% or 16.35 to trade at $1212.35 a troy ounce.
USD/PEN was down 0.50% to 3.2750, while EUR/PEN rose 0.85% to 3.5416.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.87% at 99.55.